Artwork Details
10-1/2 x 15 in. (sheet)
Accession NumberGift in memory of Dr. and Mrs. Hugo O. Pantzer by their children
CopyrightPrints, Drawings, and Photographs
Color Paletteunknown, Bristol, England (Per the Art Journal, 1852, "...a lady...a friend of the Turner family...been in possession of their owner upwards of sixty years"). The children of Dr. and Mrs. Hugo O. Pantzer, Indianapolis, Indiana; given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art, in 1972.
To juxtapose London street life with the medieval palace, Turner opted for an unorthodox viewpoint, away from the riverfront, leaving but a glimpse of the Thames as it passes under Westminster Bridge.
This watercolor was Turner's first to be accepted for the Royal Academy's annual exhibition in April 1790, the month he turned fifteen.
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